diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fe3881c..8652660 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.5
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.16
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 429a0ad..3dfb4c7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.5 h1:T4mckpWUfplPG4GA3FDWDCM1QaCzisjGzzeCVBhHKwQ=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.5/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.16 h1:6voHuNZZNWo71MdNlym4eRlcogTeTSk9Ipo6qDJWzoU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.16/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=